Chicken Pot Pie

This isn't anything amazing, just typing up here what I do for chicken pot pie.

Pie Crust
Based off this recipie.*
2 cups all-purpose flour

1/4 teaspoon salt
2/3 cup cold butter (or I use margarine sometimes if I haven't splurged on butter recently)

Cut together flour, salt, and butter (Bosch with wire whips).
Add in 4 to 5 tablespoons cold water until flour is moistened.  Divide into two balls of dough (for two crusts).  If you're in Colorado, make sure you cover the dough so it doesn't dry out instantly.
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For the filling, I use this recipie as a base.  But here's I typically assemble:
1/3 cup chopped onion
1/3 cup butter/margarine

Dry ingredients:

1/3 cup all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon black pepper
1/4 teaspoon celery seed
some (1/2t?) Italian seasoning
some basil


2 cups chicken broth**

2 cups (or however much) chopped cooked chicken***
2 cups frozen veggies****

Cook onion in butter on the stove until onions are translucent.  Mix in dry ingredients. Then stir in broth and bring to boil so it thickens.  Dump in frozen veggies and chopped chicken.  Mix all together.

Assemble it all.  Roll out bottom pie crust for 9" pie pan. (Using an 8" pie pan will result in overflowing filling.)  Dump in filling.  Add top pie crust.  Seal.  Make vents.*****

Bake in 425 degree oven for 30 minutes.

*I use this recipie 'cause I messed up Mother's once.  I should try it again sometime.
**The recipie calls for milk and chicken broth.  I just use broth to keep the dairy amount down.  I make broth regularly by just drowning chicken bones in water and cooking for 12-24 hours on low in the crockpot.  When done, I strain it and freeze it in 2 cup jars or bags.  Voila - MSG free broth for cheap!
***I typically cook extra chicken in the crockpot at times (i.e. make salsa chicken in a Pyrex insert in my 6qt crockpot and toss a couple leg quarters in the crockpot itself).  Then I shred the extra chicken and freeze it in 2 cup bundles.  So I always have cooked chicken on hand to make this recipie with.  The AllRecipies version has instructions to cook your chicken.
****Veggies - I usually use mixed frozen veggies for ease.  You can use whatever you want!  Just make sure they're cooked first.
*****I like making our vent in the shape of a heart.  Should have taken a picture this evening. :)